When Bush pulled troops out of the hunt for Osama in Afghanistan to prepare for the Iraq war it really pissed me off. Not that most of the stuff Bush does doesn't piss me off. But this was especially irritating since I really wanted to see Osama get what's coming to him. And Bush really blew it in the Afghanistan campaign, first at Torra Borra, then in letting the troops go.
Anyway, as you expect, America's step-child war in Afghanistan is doing about as well as you would expect. The Taliban once again control major portions of the country and are stepping up their attacks. And now... Bush is going to steal troops from Afghanistan again to feed the Iraq war.
A US Army battalion fighting in a critical area of eastern Afghanistan is due to be withdrawn within weeks to deploy to Iraq.
Man does this piss me off. We are half-assing the only war we should be fighting, to send troops to Iraq in what amounts to a PR stunt. Hell, even Ollie North thinks the surge is a dumb idea. (Yet another Republican thought leader with a criminal record. Is that a requirement?)
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